Corrupting Youth : Political Education, Democratic Culture, and Political Theory.
In Corrupting Youth, Peter Euben explores the affinities between Socratic philosophy and Athenian democratic culture as a way to think about issues of politics and education, both ancient and modern. The book moves skillfully between antiquity and the present, from ancient to contemporary political...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton University Press,
2001
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | In Corrupting Youth, Peter Euben explores the affinities between Socratic philosophy and Athenian democratic culture as a way to think about issues of politics and education, both ancient and modern. The book moves skillfully between antiquity and the present, from ancient to contemporary political theory, and from Athenian to American democracy. It draws together important recent work by political theorists with the views of classical scholars in ways that shine new light on significant theoretical debates such as those over discourse ethics, rational choice, and political realism, and on pol. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (287 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781400822331 1400822335 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
